It’s a testament to the human spirit that at the beginning of each New Year, we go through the same exercise, optimistically looking forward to what we believe will be better times ahead while setting countless resolutions that seldom are in effect when the daffodils bloom. But despite years that are not always better and promises to ourselves that we don’t keep, we repeat the cycle each January.
Nowhere will optimism and resolutions be more important than in our state and federal governments where deficits and entitlement programs threaten to sink a very weak recovery.
Republicans, who won what could be considered a mandate in the House must deliver on their promises or risk losing the ground they gained from frustrated members of their own party as well as Independents.
Appearing Sunday, January 2, on Meet the Press, Pennsylvania Senator-elect, Pat Toomey, highlighted his own agenda…reducing corporate and capital gains tax rates, reigning in regulatory over-reach, and “reforming†the health care bill. All good places to start when it comes to keeping those resolutions made to voters.
Let’s just hope when spring rolls around, congress is not sitting on the proverbial political couch, eating bon-bons, having forgotten all about its promises.
It was a good day yesterday seeing Nancy Pelosi hand over the gavel to John Boehner. Let the Republicans want your children to starve stories begin.
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Rush Limbaugh said the reading of the Constitution in the House today will probably have the Democrats feeling like they are getting water boarded.
Looking, it was a good day indeed. And yes, it will be fun to see the demonizing of the new majority. Although I do worry that they will be seduced by Washington’s Siren call. Hope they stick to their principles…